Philadelphia: Wilmer Atkinson Company, 1913. Biggle Farm Library Number Two. Duodecimo (14 x 9.5 cm.), 144 pages. Illustrated in black & white and color. Index. Stated fifth edition, but evident second edition, second printing; originally issued in 1894. A basic and popular introduction to growing berries, including strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, grapes and other small fruits. Light age-toning to the interior; in blue cloth, titled and decorated in.....

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. Small octavo, 276, [4] pages. Ads. First edition. Recipes for blanc mange, picnic dishes, griddle cakes, and more, interspersed with "Familiar Talks" on subjects from country-boarding to flies and dish-washing, written by noted novelist and cookbook author, Marion Harland, pen name of Virginia Terhune. In blind-stamped and red and black decorated brown cloth. Cover bumped, rubbed, and slightly frayed. Internally age-toned throughout. Generally good.....

New York and Boston: C.S. Francis & Co., 1847. Duodecimo, [5], 6-120 pages. Styled twentieth edition, but a later printing of the Tenth Edition (after Cagle). The first work by the prolific cookbook author Eliza Leslie. Considered the earliest example of a cookbook in which recipes are throughout broken into their three distinct components: name, ingredients, and instructions. Leslie went on to publish Domestic French Cookery, the second French cookbook.....

Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines: Philippine Book Co., 1981, ©1974. Small quarto in wrappers (25 x 17.5 cm.), 180 pages. Illustrated. Text in Tagalog. Later printing; originally issued in 1974. A popular Philippine household cookbook. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Waterstain to upper right corner of some pages; corners bumped. Illustrated wrappers a bit bumped and soiled. Still, near very good. Scarce. [OCLC locates nine copies of all printings].....

Detroit; East Lansing: Mohawk Liqueur Corporation; Michigan Lithographing Co., 1935. Small, stapled booklet (11 x 7.5 cm.), 72 pages. Index. Illustrated throughout in chromolithography. FIRST EDITION. A cocktail recipe manual, with recipes tied to the products of Mohawk Liqueurs, each of which is illustrated. Some light soiling, and a number of tiny pinholes or abrasions. In color decorated yellow wrappers. Near fine. [OCLC locates four copies].